Georgia Tech defends the belt, 21–0, at home over Penn State.
AP poll, week 10: Penn State unranked at Georgia Tech No. 5 · No. 1 that week: Arkansas. The belt vs. the polls →
Where this game sits in the lineage
Georgia Tech came in 35 days into reign #132, which began with a win over Tennessee, with 4 defenses already behind it; this was its 5th defense. It was the last defense: Georgia took the belt in the very next belt game, on November 26, 1966.
For Penn State this was its 16th shot at the belt; it had held the belt twice before.
This is the only time Georgia Tech and Penn State have met with the belt on the line.
About this game
Georgia Tech defeated Penn State 21-0 on November 12, 1966, in regular season week 10 play. As the belt's defending holder, Georgia Tech retained the belt with the victory.
Written by Claude, strictly from this site’s own record of the game — the score and what it meant for the belt. CFBD doesn’t have a box score for games this old, so nothing here is invented beyond what’s verifiably on file.
Sources Game record: College Football Data (id 39744) · This game in the downloadable dataset